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One band. One city. One time period. Two new books. You probably know about North Side Story: U2 in Dublin, 1978 – 1983. It’s the brand-new limited-edition book U2.com is offering as this year’s thank-you gift for subscriptions to its fan club. Editor Niall Stokes collected Hot Press articles and then added some new interviews, lots of great […]

Like U2.com said a week ago, my U22 was on its way. It arrived this afternoon. I didn’t see how it came, it was just on the porch when I went to get the regular ol’ mail. There is a United States Postal Service tracking # on it, but it also says it is from “UPS […]

Yesterday’s announcement of the final votes for the U2.com fan club gift U22 was both surprising and enlightening. U2.com reported that “tens of thousands of votes” were cast for this year’s subscribers gift. Over the three months of voting, U2.com asked a handful of guest contributors to offer their list of 22 songs they’d like […]

That was one of the first questions U2 fans started asking yesterday when U2 announced its new members-only subscription plan. New and renewing members will get a double-live CD called U22 that will feature 22 live songs from the U2 360 tour. And, fans get to vote on which songs will be included. U2.com posted […]

This one takes the cake…literally! U2.com is asking fans to submit photos of their U2-inspired cakes and cupcakes for their latest competition. Based on what I’ve seen in doing a simple Google search for “U2 cake,” fans are very creative. We’ve even had some U2-inspired cakes here at @U2, too. The submission period is from […]

We give U2.com a hard time every now and then when things don’t seem to be the way they should, and we try to give props when they do. Here’s one for the latter category: huge props for a very cool, 360-degree, 5-billion pixel “fancam” image from Sunday’s night’s concert in Johannesburg. It’s interactive — […]

The photo is a bit fuzzy (the phone camera zoom wasn’t so great), but what you’re seeing here is a copy of the fan club release Artificial Horizon priced at $75. This item is sitting on the shelf of a reputable California record store and I just have to wonder how long it will be […]

For years, U2 fans around the world have paid for a U2.com membership for one primary reason: to get the first chance to buy concert tickets in the members-only pre-sales. But … how many U2.com members know that they’re not always getting the first crack at buying U2 tickets? Check out this screenshot from an […]

If you’re a paying member of U2.com, I’m betting you got an email earlier today just like the one above. A lot of friends said they got this email, too. Thing is, U2.com — I’m not one of your European subscribers. I live in Washington state. And the folks I’ve been trading emails with today […]

Update, February 9: It only took about 24 hours — the lithograph description on U2.com/Fanfire now shows the correct concert. We also understand Fanfire is in the process of contacting EdgeFest to rectify the mistake. Nice job, folks. —————- U2.com/Fanfire is selling this Chicago 2009 U2 360 Tour lithograph for $100. The product page there […]